Motorcycle accident analysis indicate that many accidents are caused by young and inexperienced riders, and a high accident rate related to incorrect recognition and judgement is noted. The purpose of this study is to offer an education program that can provide novice riders with appropriate education, in particular to improve recognition and judgement abilities. The study was initiated as a three-year plan, and this is the report of the second year (1990) study. In this paper, the rider's abilities of recognition are discussed. Especially, using an eye movement monitoring system, inexperienced riders' abilities of acquiring environmental information were compared with those of experienced riders. The survey was conducted on five inexperienced riders and five experienced riders. The results of this study are as follows: (a) Speed of Eye Movement: The sight line transfer rate of novice riders were lower than those of experienced riders in non-riding experiment, while in riding experiment novice riders' sight line transfer rate were higher than experienced riders'; (b) Object of Vision: The inexperienced riders looked at environmental objects about once every two seconds, while the experienced riders looked at objects about once every second. Experienced riders looked at more kinds of environmental objects than novice riders, moreover they reviewed the same object more times than inexperienced riders. Experienced riders repeatedly looked at the objects which might move, while novice riders did not.
Samenvatting